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H.R. 1980: Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act
- Introduced:
- May 14, 2013
- Status:
- Referred to Committee
- Prognosis
- 1% chance of being enacted
- Sponsor
- Timothy Walz
Representative for Minnesota's 1st congressional district
- Party
- Democrat
- Text
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- Last Updated
- May 14, 2013
- Length
- 5 pages
S. 935
(Related)
Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act of 2013
Referred to Committee
Last Action: May 13, 2013
- Status
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This bill was assigned to a congressional committee on May 14, 2013, which will consider it before possibly sending it on to the House or Senate as a whole.
- Progress
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Introduced May 14, 2013 Referred to Committee May 14, 2013 Reported by Committee ... Passed House ... Passed Senate ... Signed by the President ...
- Prognosis
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11% chance of getting past committee.
1% chance of being enacted.Only 11% of bills made it past committee and only about 3% were enacted in 2011–2013. [show factors | methodology]
- Full Title
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from requesting additional medical examinations of veterans who have submitted sufficient medical evidence provided by non-Department medical professionals and to improve the efficiency of processing certain claims for disability compensation by veterans, and for other purposes.
- Summary
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No summaries available.
- Cosponsors
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26 cosponsors (19D, 7R) (show)
- Committees
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↪ Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
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- Primary Source
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THOMAS.gov (The Library of Congress)
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- Notes
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H.R. stands for House of Representatives bill.
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Library of Congress Summary
The summary below was written by the Congressional Research Service, which is a nonpartisan division of the Library of Congress.
5/14/2013--Introduced.
Quicker Veterans Benefits Delivery Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA), during the six-year period after the enactment of this Act, from requesting a medical examination in connection with a claim for veterans' disability compensation when the claimant submits medical evidence provided by a non-VA medical professional that is competent, credible, probative, and otherwise adequate for making a claim decision.
Requires the Secretary, during the same period: (1) to assign a prestabilization disability rating of total, 50%, or 30%, as appropriate; (2) to provide temporary minimum disability ratings for veterans not assigned a permanent rating; and (3) to not count any veteran assigned a prestabilization or temporary minimum rating under any backlog of unassigned ratings.
Authorizes the Secretary, during the same period, to certify benefit payments by mail or account deposit before the first day of the month for which such payments are due.
House Republican Conference Summary
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